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Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity in Coney Island. These are matters of historical fact. Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted. Brace yourself for a wrenching journey that...
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"Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait-how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream"--
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At the tail end of the Jazz Age, Chicago experienced everything from Prohibition and flappers to the grip of Al Capone and the 1929 stock market crash. Yet amidst such extremes, a quiet but insidious threat masqueraded as a beacon of hope; the discovery of radium. Young women, drawn by the lustrous allure of the magical element, willingly sought out employment in factories, only to have their light extinguished. Now imagine not only reading about...
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The dot: Vashti thinks she can't draw, but her journey of self-discovery and expression is an enchanting invitation to everyone to explore his or her own creative spirit.
Ish: With a little encouragement from his sister, Ramon discovers that creativity is about a lot more than getting things just "right".
Sky color: When Marisol sets out to create a sky for the class mural she discovers the blue is missing from her paints. This story celebrates...
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